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USA Today retail reporter leaving for The Skimm

Hadley Malcolm

Hadley Malcolm, a consumer and retail reporter at USA Today, is leaving the paper for a job at The Skimm.

Malcolm will be at USA Today until Sept. 1.

Malcolm has been with the paper since November 2011, primarily focused on food and retail coverage. Her reporting includes food manufacturers getting rid of artificial ingredients, Chipotle’s food safety woes, snacking/baking/flavor trends, and the intersection of food, science and tech.

She pitched and created two original online shows for USA Today, including writing scripts and editing footage. “Let’s Eat!” uncovers the latest food trends changing the way Americans eat while the “Young Money” series covers personal finance for millennials.

Malcolm is a George Washington University graduate.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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